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You were kneel'd to, and importun'd otherwise By all of us; and the fair soul herself Weigh'd between loathness and obedience at Which end o' th' beam should bow.

From The Tempest by Shakespeare, William

You were kneel’d to, and importuned otherwise, By all of us; and the fair soul herself Weigh’d between loathness and obedience, at II.

From The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge

I will remain The loyal'st husband that did e'er plight troth *    *    *    * Should we be taking leave As long a term as yet we have to live, The loathness to depart would grow—Adieu!

From Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

The man of fifty-four, become the biographer of his own youth, finds no loathness of self-respect to prevent his detailing the absurd adventures with which he diverted himself on the way.

From Classic French Course in English by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

When the family had retired after supper, and left us to talk on our particular affairs, I found the same indecision, the same loathness to bring our courtship to a period, as formerly.

From The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton by Foster, Hannah Webster